..archived News continues below:

New! Gaza EV

breaks fuel blockade

New! Presteigne ebike rally - 'bigger & better'(May 17-18)

New! Black Cabs, Green Tomatoes

New! Accident-prone Bond and Top Gear - jinxed ?

New! Two companies(Ajanta, Farnow) plan 1 lakh Indian EV rivals to Nano
Plus: will Iran join EV axis ?

New! Zzzenn, Zzzzap - and EV

press release fatigue...

New! Jay Leno takes
2008 Tesla Roadster

for a spin (NBC video)
(Updated: 31/3/08)

Re-View! Economist & Guardian in EV Trash-talk shocker !

New! Denmark - a far Better Place for Agassi venture !

New! Moving EV production to India - eco heresy ?
Update(31/3/08): Dynasty EV sold to Pakistan Co.

New! Daily Telegraph claims ZeCar "exclusive"

- 4 months after EVUK (!)

New! sQuba: when will Bond ..

... and Broccoli go green ?

New! UK media wowed by £15000(?) ZAP Alias 3-wheeled performance EV

New! Electric cars for Israel ...

... electricity cuts for Gaza...

New! Eight Tata Nano's for the price of ...
... one G-Wiz ?!

New! Solartaxi in Bali:

Watch: Bianca Jagger, a Nobel Laureate, NY Mayor ... and a Midnight Oil Minister..

New! Eddie's low-cost Li-ion ebikes take off

New! Stanford's Nanowire
lithium batteries promise
1000+ miles/charge

New! November News wrap: Zap Xebra beaten by ZeCar,

 EV's at British Int. Motor Show, police trial Vectrix
- and much more

New! CNBC must-C TV:
JR's ebike..

.. Agassi's $200m, World Energy Congress etc

New! Subaru double range of R1e to 200km / 125 miles

New! UK Breaking News Exclusive:

- GVT EV's are GO !

New! CNN's 'Eco Solutions'-

- featuring electric wheels ?

New! Frankfurt update:

- CEO confirms: electric Loremo planned

New! E-Loremo debate hots up

- but only in Germany..

New! Live Earth:
'Help Us Out' - 24/7/365

Solartaxi World Tour - Diary,Videos - latest

New! EVUK Q&A: Lightning Cars...


... take on 'Lightning Rod'

New! Solartaxi World Tour - video diary
(Watch CNN Turk, Berlin etc videos)

New! Duran Duran in Tesla Roadster at Live Earth?

Pure fantasy - or what?
Now see post-Live Newsflash !

New! July 3 start:
SolarTaxi World Tour

needs you!
Now watch exclusive video !

New! Eco Car World, Yokohama, Japan.

- EVUK exclusive video report
(Updated: 24 June!)

New! 1000+ miles/charge
Li-ion ?

- Scottish scientist's high hopes for 'O2 Electrodes'

New! May 14,'07: Tesla on ABC News

Nightline (internet-) TV

New! ZAP's week: CNBC interview..

..PML link-up, Lotus visit...

New! Robert Redford's 'The Green' eco TV

series debuts on Sundance TV

New! Watch "Who Killed the Electric Car?" report

- with extended excerpts and interviews(Dem Now, Apr 13)

New! Watch Killacycle hit 156 mph and 0-60 in 1.5 secs using A123Systems Li-ion

New! Electric Motor News TV -

tune in - and turn up the volume !

New! Low cost lithium ebikes

hit UK streets

New! Oscars 2007 - roll out
the green carpet

- but will Hanks be driving the eBox ?

New! Make Green Pay

Watch CNBC video

New! 500 long-range(112 miles), fast(62 mph) TH!NK EV's promised by summer 2007

New! Plug-ins & EV's need not burden grid

- the consensus goes global

New! Take that - Toyota!
GM's Chevrolet Volt

plug-in debuts at Detroit Show
Watch Video presentation

New! Park and Power -

-a shameless plug for a new sponsor..

New! New TV channel(UK/Europe/Int) shows

Zooop EV 480 times a day(no really!)
Also: watch Zooop zip round Paris

New! Phoenix SUV & SUT: 'One Nano Step for Man -

- One Giant Leap for Mankind '

New! Lithium ebikes now...

..same price(in Japan!) as lead-acid in EU/US

New! Altair Li-ion cells could last '40 years/15,000' charges
(See also: Altair SUV video below)

New! EV Symposium(EVS-22) in Yokohama, Japan, Oct 23-28(exhibitor list)

New! Watch: Fifth Gear puts Top Gear to shame...

..with Al Gore Tesla/climate Change interview(Youtube)

New! 200 mile /10 min charge Altair SUV gets mass test-drive in US

(Video clip, Gravid Films)

New! Watch: CBS News on
fuel cells v batteries -

- and the BBC on neither!

New! City EV's: three Davids vs. one Goliath?

New! Tesla Roadster(0-60 in 4 secs, 250 miles/charge) -

- the best TZero spin-off so far?

New! JCB Dieselmax - the fastest 'oil-burner' on the planet

New! NICE Mega City EV - first photos just in...

New! 'NICE' surprises in store..

..at British International Motor Show?

New! Plug-in taxis head for London...

- plus a few Gruadian corrections!

New! Toyota announces new RAV4 EV policy(GreenCarCongress)

New! BBC Radio 4 vets EVUK for "Who Killed..." debate

New! Bibendum Paris(June 8-12) -
- ignored by UK mainstream media(as predicted!)

New! BBC and Attenborough - some green bottle at last?

New! Electric vanguards -

- Q&A with Modec director Trevor Power

New! BBC's green fly-on-wall hits mark

New! Attn David Cameron :

- plug-in your Lexus hybrid and get 60 mpg!

New! Watch Now!
"Rob Newman's History of Oil"

- a satirical tour de force

New! The Independent goes extra green mile on plug-ins, EV's, ebikes

 - plus relateed BREAKING NEWS!

New! TV Alert! Robert Redford(Ch 5 TV,Sun): "Oil fields! This whole damn thing was about oil !"

New! Global Village Mystery -

- and a local history lesson

New! Clooney's Oscar triumph

- and UK Tango taboo

New! Young 'misfits' shame Big Boys..

..with soybean/electric supercar(Watch CBS video)

New! Clooney with Tango on Leno ...

... video anyone?

New! Cryptic news with clues breaks January blues

New! Hotwires : Rawstuff
- rewired!

New! 'Who Killed the Electric Car?'

Watch Sundance film trailer and related video clips...

- plus: 'EV Confidential'/EVUK plugged in Observer

New! Nov EV highlights including..
Clooney in The Mirror..

MIT's Sadoway on Li-ion v. Hydrogen..

..and Miljobil's 200 km per charge Smart EV

New! Dec 8th: "Going the Green Mile"
- Camden/Transport for London event

New! Superlight/fast "SIE" Li-ion ebike just got even better!

New! EVUK among Top 5000 sites
- in Good Website Guide 2006
(..and again in 2007 !)

New! Could A123Systems/MIT nano-Lithium spark EV range revolution?

New! BBC's Jonathan Ross buys wrong car...

...for the right reasons ?

New! TV Alert! Scrapheap's EV Challenge

New! From Banbury to Burbank: Clooney with new Tango
- plus 'fantasy face-off' !

New! Jeremy Clarkson - and BBC - get just desserts

New! Major B2B Renewables Forum: Sept 22-25, 2005, Augsburg, Germany.

New! Mitsubishi's mighty Lancer Evolution MIEV at Shikoku EV Rally

New! Mitsubishi EV to launch 2 years early
 - a result!
(Subaru R1e will follow in 2009..)

New! Roadster EV wows Porsche owner, Mini driver - watch/read KATU TV News(US) report

New! Paris to host Michelin Challenge Bibendum 2006
(June 9-12)

New! Progress reports(x3): Electrovaya EV, Honda FCX, DoE's $195m funding for EV's...

New! Welsh(Pembrokeshire) National Park staff swap cars for ebikes

New! Watch DW TV video now! World's first virtual green/clean power plant

New! Robrady/Vectrix "rMoto" Superbike gets green light(Gizmag)

New! Bottom-Up EV/Environmental Revolution
- in China

New! Watch clip now! Roger Moore 007 in French Fetish heaven! (Fifth Gear)

New! 125+ mpg plug-in(able) Prius+ to sell in UK/Europe in 2006 !

New! Electrovaya ties Norwegian knot

New! Roger Moore and Channel 5 TV get into Fetish Gear

New! Scots beat English...with new EV initiative.

New! Mitsubishi Colt EV - range could be greater than 150 km

New! MIT's 300+ mile/charge bendable dream cells
- manufacturers wanted!

New! Branson's blue sky brainwave? No - MG Rover were already planning hybrids!

New! "Race to the Future" - Watch CNN's electric go-kart report now !

New! Toshiba's new nano Li-ion for cars etc. - charge in 60 secs !

New! EVS21 in Monte Carlo(April 2-6): a quick look ahead - and back.

New! UK race car/aerospace specialist plans novel zero emission Li-ion hybrid.(EVUK exclusive!)

Re-View! Only EV's pass Dept for Transport's green label test.

New! Batscap/Bolloré unveil long-range Li-Polymer BlueCar(was "VBE1") at Geneva Motor Show.(Dassault's Cleanova III is there too!)

New! Rail-free Trams - and other 'non-stop campaign' news.

New! "Oil: The Party's Over" - Freespeech TV(Watch online)

New! Thunder Sky defends (temporary?)
Li-ion price increases.

New! Saphion Gen II Li-ion - poised to charge into lead? 

Re-View! DUDE, where's my hydrogen? Michael Moore and the Ghost of Christmas Future. Now with 'Keep Cool' update

New! Spark - CNN's bright new tech/eco-tech show puts BBC TV to shame

New! EV / ZEV Broken Promises: EVUK and The Daily Telegraph (Part II)

New!BatScap/Bolloré's low-cost, long-range li-ion VBE1 - an update

New! Peter Lyon travels through time in the 250 mph Li-ion Eliica (Auto Express & Daily Mail)

New! EV / ZEV Broken Promises:
EVUK and The Daily Telegraph (Part I)

New! Daily Mirror double whammy: War More Years & God Help America..and the planet!

New! Exclusive: Volvo's Ichiro Sugioka tells us more about the 180 mile/charge, 85 mph Li-ion "3CC"

New! Will Young and 'Mr Kwik-Fit' back exhaust-free scooters - could Paltrow, Spacey be next? ScootElectric interview.
(..now with added 'Sam' ! )

New! UK Thunder Sky Li-ion Conference Update

New! Photos of Tom Hanks with 'Hankster'/Scion & Toyota RAV4 EV (courtesy EV Guide, Norway)

New! Solarvan's Thunder Sky upgrade - one year on
..plus 'Olympic EV Challenges'.

Re-View! BYD China pledges long-range advanced EV production by 2006

New! Steve Green's
"state visit" to Thunder Sky, China - full story/travelogue

New! Chinese electric sports convertible from Haixingma
- is it for real?

New! BBC1 "Global WarNing" Special (28-30 Jul) -is the Beeb biting the bullet at last? (Update - now read our post-show verdict)

New! EVUK in the Washington Post (Sunday, July 11 edition)

Re-View! Bolloré/EDF low-cost li-ion 'VBE1' promises 187 miles/charge, 81 mph, 2-3hr recharge.(Full French source: autoactu)

New! The electrifying Electrum Spyder - we talk to UEV's Greg & Diana Lane

New! Fed up of footie flags & empty patriotism? Fly EVUK's Exhaust'ed Planet flag instead!

Re-View! Tom Hanks' Electric Company('Hankster' EV?) - watch Dave Letterman Show clip now! (Even Hotter News JUST IN!)

Re-View! Two new studies reaffirm: advanced battery vehicles - not fuel cells - are the logical / best way forward.(Updated '04)

New! E=motion: June 9th 300 mph record run -still on track?

New! International Renewables Conference(Bonn) ignored by US-UK media

New! FEVT(Finland) develop Thunder Sky/BoostCap EV Packs

New! Thunder Sky EV DIY'ers: UK li-ion Conference -plus ultimate li-ion Conversion Guide

New! Now Watch: CBS(& Sky) News Ford Ranger EV report - a Dave Raboy/EVUK slam-dunk result!

New! E-Times affirms EVUK Hanks-ACP scoop - with first 'Hankster' pics & more..

New! Panasonic ebike takes li-ion leap forward - Electric Bikes Direct UK

Re-View! Watch(older, slower!)TZero thrash Ferrari & Porsche -plus see new TZero in action(Discovery Channel)

New! UK EV Discussion Group kicks off - EVeryone's invited!

New! Steven Seagal Backs EV cause, buys ebikes(photo & video report)

New! Coming Soon: Global Warming Disaster - the Hollywood movie, that is...

New! Japan's battery-powered rEVival - a new lithium dawn?

New! Jester EV sets UK range-record - 204 miles!(Update: Jester on Italian TV!)

New! Just in: Thunder Sky's photo-packed lithium-EV product-chart and price-list.(Not available at Thunder Sky.com!)

New! Era of fossil-fuel abuse is over - now turn to the sun (Independent UK, readers' star letter)

New! EVMC - Monte Carlo International Electric, Hybrid & Fuel Cell Show 2004(April 1-4)

Re-View! Deja vu as US backs another 'Saddam' .. for oil, gas & airbases (Guardian UK).

New! Norwegian "boffins" plan 200 km/charge, quick SMART(not Th!nk) - AutoExpress.

New! TZERO sensation: Li ion Ferrari-zapper cracks 300 miles/charge, 0-60 in 3.7 secs. Can Britain's media ignore this too?

New! Will Vectrix USA charge ahead of Europe's e-Vespas? (ALEL update)

Re-New! The ultra-lite shape of ebikes to come? Thunder Sky range, Lightning speed. (See also Dirt Monkey)

New! Battery Power's Back at EVS20, Long Beach - see EVWorld exclusive!

New! The Mirror's spoof-truth Bush interview: Power, Oil, Wealth..and me.

New! New York's NYCEwheels(World's No.1?) celebrates 2 years - sign up for inspirational, 'NYCE' newsletter now!

New! Alel SCOOLER e-Vespa sets 102 mile(165 km) range record.

New! MUST-SEE TV footage Americans were never meant to see...(more clips just in..)

New! General Wesley Clark & Hollywood director Rob Reiner to speak at Electric Vehicle Symposium.

New! CRed: Solar Power for 600 UK churches? (CRed-uk.org)

New! Battery Vehicle Society(UK) Event looks to Lithium Ion future

Re-New! SunPower's super high-efficiency, low-cost solar/PV set for 2003/4 roll-out

New! Li-ion-powered Dirt Monkey - Electric Shock and Awesome power! Now watch X-treme video!

New! TH!NK confirms new look, new range City EV: 100% more style, 45% (only!?) more range.

New! Solar boats(Germany) rise to global flooding challenge. See also: E-Boat links.

New! 150 km/charge scooter - ALEL(France) seeks investors!

New! REVA(India) plans long-range(250 km) quick-charge hatchback (..G-Wiz - now you're talking!).

New! Tour de Sol tour de force as Lithium-powered eGO XR sets range record. (May/June 2003)

Hot Baking News! 'Pizza' e-scooter delivers 100 km. Top that! NOW see new cargo scooter website!!

New! Driving The Future's Doug Korthof vows to fight anti-EV / pro-fuel cell sell-out.

New! The Blade and Electric Hog: Projects for a New American Motorbike?

Re-New! Business media still ignoring record renewables growth

New! Alexei Sayle: Bush's America "addicted to empty patriotism, petrol, pedestrian-crushing 4-wheel-drive trucks, etc etc". (and Britain isn't?)

New! Ex-GM EV1 pioneers(x2) fully committed to development of ultra long-range, advanced battery EV's.

New! 'Enforcer' ebike gets London police endorsement

New! American Media On The 'Right' Wavelength

New! Rolling Stones, Bill Clinton, Di Caprio in Global Warming concert.(Feb,2003)

New! Chinese Co. claims 444 km range for lithium EV-saloon. Photos just in!

New! Watch (free)TV satire Smash Hit online NOW!: 'Between Iraq and a Hard Place'. It's not about oil or mass distraction, OK?!

New! Nu Age/NuPower -another EV alliance announces breakthrough battery technology.(Jan,2003)

New! ZAP announces triple-performance, freeway-capable EV's at Las Vegas Show.(Jan 2003)

New! Is Driving the New Smoking? asks the BBC (at last...).Add your views/vote!

New! TH!NK City takeover-makeover: 200km+ range breakthrough in prospect.

New! Hollywood Beach, Florida: EV Fest, Dec 10-13 2002.

New! Ford design chief's battery-bamboozler - just add hot lithium please!

KERPOW! Check out the comic-book colour pizzazz of Electric Cars.com

New! Lithium Hotlinks! - 200 mile range plus quick, cheap recharge? Bring it on...

New! Sp- oils of War / Oil Spills of Mass Destruction (updated)

New! BBC 'in the saddle' ebike interview with EVUK

New! New ultralight, superstrong steel set to revolutionize car (..and EV/ebike?) construction(Sept 2002)

New! China succumbs to F1 / tobacco megabucks

New! Ford - TH!NK China !! (Sept 2002)

New! Avestor/Hydro aim to build first ultra-advanced Lithium-powered EV (Sept 2002)

New! Royal Parks Police get first ebike
Update! Hyde Park Police in London to patrol parks on new Ecolux Police "Enforcer" ebike... See latest picture!

New! Adbusters : Got Oil?! - a must-see, patriotically-incorrect(sic) spoof !

New! China to champion long-range, high-performance Lithium EV's ...

New! BBC still omitting "Environment" from Homepage and Ceefax

New! MDI Air Car Update 2002 !! Official UK presentation of MDI Air Car in London, 20th September 2002

New! Top Gear mag goes MEGA on MDI Air Car (August 2002)

New! Wowie! Bowie takes Soho trips on Zappy...

New! Help us bring the Toyota RAV4 EV to UK/Europe in 2002!!

New! The 186 mpc/186mph electric limo, the 'Kaz': Transport Fit For A Queen or Two....?

New! "BIG CITY KILLER" - New Scientist March 9, 2002... "If the cigarettes don't get you the traffic pollution will"

New! Tom Cruise and Jay Leno drool over electric Lexus - Supercar-Star of 'Minority Report'.

New! Economist confirms Lithium Battery potential - the best is yet to come(June 20,2002)

New! BBC Science recommends EVUK (... as does CNN !! )

Update 2002 !! Lepton electric scooters - outperform the rest by miles/kms, Evercel Nickel Zinc batts - now available in UK. 50+ km per charge .....

New! World's Sexiest EV up for sale: just 10,000(!) - Summer 2002

New! Kevin Spacey and Dame Judi do Central Park..on a Zappy.

New! Samantha Fox and French Soccer Stars in e-Karting photo-call

New! The Times asks to print EVUK letter(23 May '02)

New! Made-in-China nanotech-enhanced, long-range Lithium battery-powered EV's will enter the market in near future. 200 miles-a-charge, recharge very cheaply in "under 10 minutes". ...

New! "Britain's Noisiest Roads" - and the Silence of the Media

Newsflash! US Company seeks UK/EU partners for its price-busting, ultra-long-range Lithium batteries...

Ford re-TH!NK City for 2002 : great new look - same old batteries / range...

New! US Senate rejects 50% fuel economy increases

NEW! Bush's 'Deadly' Alaskan oil: Seagal speaks!
Listen to Real Audio of Seagal's speech! Moving stuff - but is it enough to make a Bush blush ? (Teachers everywhere - please beg, steal, borrow or just plain rent this video!)

Newsflash sensation : Blair Science Chief calls for UK-wide ban on sale of all(!) petrol & diesel cars - a.s.a.p. (Feb '02) (..but media IGNORES story..)

New! Bush backs 'Freedom Car' cop-out.

New! Natrium FCV: 'soap-powder' power for 300 miles

New! Punch hits out at 'Blair Petroleum' (BP)

New! Harry Potter and Zero-Emission Flight...



New! Vorsprung durch(Elektro-)Technik - Electric Mini ("Evergreen") from Germany. Up to 250 km / 156(!) miles per charge - allegedly...

New! Nanotechnology set to boost battery range/power - AND cut cost. (oh - and recharge 100 times faster..)

New! French Revolution!! - Negre Air-Powered Vehicles(120 miles per charge/ 68.75mph) on sale from 2002. Vive La EV-olution!

See new 'Hot Air-Car Pics'

New! America's / the West's fatal addiction to (Arab) Oil.

New! BBC "Top Gear": still clueless about battery-powered EV's...

New! "CAR-cinogen of the Year Awards - 2001" - people will be able to choose their favourite between Benzene, Platinum, MTBE, and PAH - or suggest their own favourite..

New! Kids tell BBC: "We want electric cars!"

Clean air, no-go zones: Royal Mail to go electric

New! 150 mile per charge, 4 seater headed for Britain - ATT RD(Korea) seeks partners .

NEW! "Brain Dead Car Ads"(TV&print)
"Vielen Dank" to J. Gottfried of Friedberg, Germany for sending this tasty/tasteless... 'titbit' ...
Keep sending us your nominations!

NEW! Catalytic heavy metal danger - alarming new EU study...

NEW! Ford E-Ka and Government's "Cleaner Vehicle Task Force - Question:

NEW! 'Traffic Pollution really can KILL YOU!' New Scientist(Aug. 2000).
'City-dwellers in Europe and the US are dying young because of microscopic particles in air'.

NEW! Jersey Police love their 1p per mile RAV4-EV
EVUK's Moira Govan heads for Jersey to find out more..

NEW! Jersey Europcar MD would hire100 RAV4-EV's in London tomorrow if Toyota would supply them...

BBC Radio 5 Interview
Live transatlantic chat ( set up by EVUK team member ) with editor of USA's EV World

More News


Moira Govan Turns Heads... And Sucks Amps
UK leading EV-angelist goes to San Francisco...

"California", she says " is light years ahead of petrol-protectionist Britain"..read her report... or

Back in the UK... Moira re-VOLTS... and searches for a real, long-range EV, to learn to drive. Still searching. My kingdom for a Nissan Altra or Solectria Sunrise...

EV HOLLYWOOD
US stars endorse EV crusade..hey Sting, McCartney!! How's about an EV or two in your UK fleets?!!

Homer sings the EV-iltruth...


CAR-tels & CAR-bolics
The UK's car-ad subsidised, car-lobbied media consistently ignores/misrepresents the Zero Emission Alternative. For over three years EVUK's Jim Carlucci has been lashing out at the press with letters, emails, and...'angry stuff'..

NEW! See RAWSTUFF...



..or more precisely..RrrEVolting ActionEndless procrastination, endless excuses but when will long-range EV's hit the High Street?.
Spread the message, wear the T-shirt - logo: "Have a N.I.C.E. Day!/Suck Amps!"
Want to buy an EV but can't afford it? POWERSHIFT grant will subsidise cost of long-range EV's - if you can get hold of one!


NEW!
Not 'FAQs' but 'FMCs':Frequently Made Comments such as "cars are cleaner today"..."hybrids and fuel cells are the future" "the social cost of a car-based society" etc. yawn etc.


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